Evidence that photons have extension in space

Randy WAYNE

Article Details

Evidence that photons have extension in space

Authors:

Randy WAYNE

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Physics 2014 Vol.38 Issue 1, pp.17-25

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2014

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000760085

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6122

pISSN:

1300-0101

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Abstract:

 

Satyendra Nath Bose realized that there was a logical inconsistency in the  derivation of Planck's radiation law since the derivation used to obtain the  temperature-independent prefactor in the blackbody radiation law had been  based in part on classical wave hypotheses, such as the number of degrees of  freedom of the ether. Bose worked out a strictly quantum derivation by  combining the quantum hypothesis with statistical mechanics to determine the  number of states of each mode that would occupy a 6-dimensional phase space.  Here I use the model of an extended photon to show that the  temperature-independent prefactor of Planck's radiation law can be derived  in an alternative manner by calculating how many extended photons of each  mode would fill a 3-dimensional Euclidean space. By combining my derivation  of the temperature-independent prefactor with Planck's temperature-dependent  probability distribution, I show that all of the major equations that  describe blackbody radiation can be derived from the assumption that the  photon is an extended body in 3-dimensional Euclidean space. This derivation  provides evidence for the suggestion that photons are neither mathematical  points nor groups of infinite plane waves, but quantized and finite volume  elements.

 

Satyendra Nath Bose realized that there was a logical inconsistency in the  derivation of Planck's radiation law since the derivation used to obtain the  temperature-independent prefactor in the blackbody radiation law had been  based in part on classical wave hypotheses, such as the number of degrees of  freedom of the ether. Bose worked out a strictly quantum derivation by  combining the quantum hypothesis with statistical mechanics to determine the  number of states of each mode that would occupy a 6-dimensional phase space.  Here I use the model of an extended photon to show that the  temperature-independent prefactor of Planck's radiation law can be derived  in an alternative manner by calculating how many extended photons of each  mode would fill a 3-dimensional Euclidean space. By combining my derivation  of the temperature-independent prefactor with Planck's temperature-dependent  probability distribution, I show that all of the major equations that  describe blackbody radiation can be derived from the assumption that the  photon is an extended body in 3-dimensional Euclidean space. This derivation  provides evidence for the suggestion that photons are neither mathematical  points nor groups of infinite plane waves, but quantized and finite volume  elements.

Article Details

Evidence that photons have extension in space

Authors:

Randy WAYNE

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Physics 2014 Vol.38 Issue 1, pp.17-25

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2014

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000760085

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6122

pISSN:

1300-0101

Blackbody radiation

Planck's radiation law

photon

Issues

Article Details

Evidence that photons have extension in space

Authors: Randy WAYNE

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Physics 2014 Vol.38 Issue 1, pp.17-25

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2014

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000760085

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6122

pISSN: 1300-0101

Blackbody radiation

Planck's radiation law

photon

Issues

Authors:

Randy WAYNE

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Physics 2014 Vol.38 Issue 1, pp.17-25

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2014

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000760085

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6122

pISSN:

1300-0101